UX Designer — Hardware Interfaces & Prototyping

Ninjakitchen; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance

flexible spending accounts

health savings accounts (HSA) with公司贡献

401(k) retirement plan with matching

employee stock purchase program

life insurance

AD&D

short-term disability insurance

long-term disability insurance

generous paid time off

company holidays

parental leave

identity theft protection

pet insurance

pre-paid legal insurance

back-up child and eldercare days

product discounts

referral bonus program

and more

Job summary

SharkNinja is seeking a Designer, UX – Hardware to shape the on-device UI and interactions for our hardware products. You’ll partner with industrial design, product, and engineering across the full lifecycle from concepts to prototyping, testing, and launch.

You’ll drive usability research, contribute to a scalable hardware UX design system, and explore AI-assisted design processes. The role requires 3+ years in hardware UX, a strong portfolio, and fluency with Figma, CAD tools, and advanced

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing user experiences for physical products.
• A strong portfolio showcasing relevant hardware UX design work.
• Fluency designing inside hard constraints: display resolution and color depth, physical button counts, BOM cost, certification requirements, tooling timelines.
• Hands-on usability research with physical prototypes — and the judgment to know when a finding warrants a design change.
• Proven collaboration across design, product, and engineering teams.
• Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; working familiarity with CAD tools such as SolidWorks or Rhino preferred.
• Demonstrated fluency and enthusiasm with AI tools for concept exploration, asset production, process improvement, and documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment without compromising quality.
• Bachelor's degree in UI/UX Design, Industrial Design, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end user experience, interaction model, and on-product interfaces for a range of new hardware products — physical UI, displays, affordances, and feedback (haptic, audio, visual).
• Partner with industrial design on UI placement, control feel, labeling, and ergonomics — consistently advocating for the user when manufacturing and cost pressure push the other way.
• Work through hardware and technology constraints with colleagues in product and engineering to deliver experiences that are feasible, desirable, and viable.
• Build and run usability testing on physical prototypes, turning findings into impactful, achievable design changes.
• Document UI layouts, interaction specs, state diagrams, and UI asset packages that firmware and engineering teams can build from without ambiguity.
• Explore and implement process improvements in how we design and document hardware projects, using AI and other emerging technologies.
• Contribute to a shared hardware UX design system — interaction patterns, iconography, terminology, and display standards that scale across the portfolio.

Skills

UX design

Strong portfolio

Hardware constraints

Usability testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Figma

CAD tools

AI tools

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in UI/UX Design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

SolidWorks

Rhino

Job description

SharkNinja is seeking a Designer, UX – Hardware to shape the on-device UI and interactions for our hardware products. You’ll partner with industrial design, product, and engineering across the full lifecycle from concepts to prototyping, testing, and launch.

You’ll drive usability research, contribute to a scalable hardware UX design system, and explore AI-assisted design processes. The role requires 3+ years in hardware UX, a strong portfolio, and fluency with Figma, CAD tools, and advanced